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Monthly Archives: August 2024
Geneva Bible 1560
Geneva Bible (1560) The Geneva Bible was the first lay study Bible, written in the vernacular, hand-sized, portable, affordable, and designed with cross-references and explanatory notes for self-study. It was the Bible of Shakespeare, of the Puritans, of settlers in … Continue reading
Galileo 1632
Galileo, Dialogo sopra i Due Massimi Sistemi del Mondo (Florence, 1632) This is Galileo’s witty and entertaining dialogue in defense of Copernicus. In the frontispiece, Aristotle and Ptolemy hold an Earth-centered armillary sphere (left). Copernicus holds a Sun-centered model of … Continue reading
Galileo 1661
Galileo, “The Ancient and Modern Doctrine of Holy Fathers,” in Mathematical Collections (London, 1661), ed. Thomas Salusbury This volume contains the first English translations of any of Galileo’s works, including Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World, … Continue reading
Galileo 1967
Galileo, Lettera Madama Cristina di Lorena (Milan, 1967) Galileo’s Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina provides a modern example of the book arts. The outer case opens to show a smaller case, the size of a miniature version published a … Continue reading
Galileo 1636
Galileo, Nov-antiqua sanctissimorum patrum (Strassburg, 1636) In response to gathering criticism, Galileo in 1615 wrote a reconciliation of Scripture and Copernicanism which circulated in manuscript as the Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina. This is the first printed edition, which … Continue reading
Newton 1713
Isaac Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica (London, 1713), 2nd ed. This is the 2nd edition of Newton’s masterwork in physics. The Copernican idea that the Earth moves as a planet required a thorough revision of physics. Galileo undertook this task … Continue reading
Newton 1687
Isaac Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica (London, 1687) The Copernican idea that the Earth moves as a planet required a thorough revision of physics. Galileo undertook this task in his Discourse on Two New Sciences, published 80 years after Copernicus. … Continue reading
Newton 1733
Isaac Newton, Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John (London, 1733) For Newton, science and the Bible were not opposed, provided that one understood each correctly. In this study of the apocalyptic book of Daniel, … Continue reading
Vesalius 1546
Andreas Vesalius, Epistola (Basel, 1546) ABC’s of the life of medical students: The decorative initials used in this edition of Vesalius’ correspondence are identical to 22 different initials originally printed in De fabrica (1543). Such “historiated initials” tell stories. Little … Continue reading
Vesalius 1555
Andreas Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica (Basel, 1555), 2d ed. This book is without doubt the most handsome anatomical work of the 16th century. A dozen “muscle men” walk through its pages, removing skin and organs layer by layer, like … Continue reading
